Arch and ankle support



H. A. BERNSTEIN. ARCH AND ANKLE SUPPORT. FILED NOV. 18, 1920.

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HENRY A. ZlEIlERNSTEIN,UF NEW YORK, hi. "it.

AlttClEl". AND ANKLE SUPPORT.

Application filed November 18, 19220. Eerizil N0. lh lfiw.

l1 (all 10 how, it wmg concern Be it known that l, :l'lENRY A enlistmentn eitizcn of tho lhiited and :t resident ol the city of New York. horou;oi: lllonlntttsin, in the county end fltli'te oi? New have invented itnew and lnu iroved inch and. Ankle ftlnnport, oi which the followii s :ilull, clean, and exact deseription.

"" to mj'oh and ankle lhe invention rchnes supports such shown and,described in the Butlers Potent oi hellnit iiltzrles No. "H 055, itelilto me on isiroory 2, l9 ii.

The ol )o t oi? the present invention is to *ilfovide new end in'iprovedarch and niiliflc supportarranged to snugly lit the foot ol the wearerwith view to firmly hold up the :m-h and to sustatin the ankle withoutdisvoinlort to the wearer or impeding the use of stonlcings and shoes.

liiniti: or object is to permit oi? readily placing" "he sogtiport inposition on the 'loot With these and other objects in View the inventionco. oi vermin novel il eetures oi, coin-it'llutioin its horeiuo'litrushown. and desorihed zuid then :eporil'ioz lly pointed out in thetldllll.

Si ornvticul embodiment oil the invention is rehrcsented in thescumnpnnyingg drew lorininn' :1 port o'l this suicoiliczi'tion, in.Whieh siniilnr eluirectors o'l. rel'ereiu'e indicate oorrespoi'ulinn;ports in all the views.

l igijure l. 's it new )ective view 0f the improved :l'l'Cli and sol:support :is applied;

Figure :4 is on enhwp'od perspective view oi the improved arch h isnli'le support; and

l i; ure 3 is it see io ll side elevation oi the hottoin portion o'li timproved arch and inlailc support in oosition on the Wczirers E .L loot.

The arch and ankle support in. its general oonstruction consists of anendless elastic held 10 twisted to town an arch loop 11 and an ankleloop 12, of which the arch loop it extmu ls uruler the arch oi the footand over the instep. 'lhe nnhle loop .12, passes orouiul the zuilrledirectly shove the heel ol the tool; as plainly indicated. in Figure l.in forming}; the loops ll. and ill, the pi "ions "iii and it;internwdizite thereof lross each o her :it the top oi the instep. andthe interim date portion in is priwided with n slit l'i' exterulin;loinzltho .e of the hand 21nd 'ghrougi'h which the other ii'itermediateion it misses so that the two intermehte nor l5 and ii are in sliding:eno igeinent one with the other.

in menulecturing the arch and ankle support a piece oi on elastic bondis used and at slit ii" is formed therein. The ends ot the hand lile wtto form cones-he edges festenelil together in zilimtting; relation bystitches to nroride an arched longitu-diholly extending seznn fittingthe under side of the arch of the loot its plainly shown in l igure 3.The loops l1. and 12 oi? the arch and snide support are considerablysmaller in size then the corresponding portions oi? the foot and hen-1ewhen the support drawn into position on the users :toot the elastic hande1:- pands and the loops ll. and i2 tightly engage the portions of thefoot owing to the inherent resiliency of the elastic band. in placing;the arch and ankle support in position on the foot it is onlyncressj-iery for the user to pass the foot through the loops l2 and L1and d aw the loop 12 on on the ankle at the time the loop ll. is iii'iosition on the arch and instep oi the loot.

it will he noticed that by providing; the arched seni'n 20 the underside or bottom oi the xoo i l l fits snugly on the under side oi? thearch oi the wearefs toot, (LS plainly shown in l i; uro khztnd hence oneven pres-:- euie is exerted on the arch ond instep by the action oi theloop 1 l.

it will also he noticed that hy post-aim 1 intermediate portion tothrough the slit 1? ol the other intermediate porton iii the nortionsare held in proper relation one to the other, at the some time allowing;the ii'itornio diete portions to slide one on the other, and thus thefoot is not liable to he ("lfiL-Td'fDQll,

lilo-ring; thus desorihed my invention, It claim as new and, desire tosecure by Letters l ate11t:

hs an article of manufacture, an arch and l-l l NR Y A i STltlili.

